porkette

porkette

I am of Irish descent, and my mother always cooked what is called porkette with cabbage and potatoes. Growing up in Jersey City, we called it pork tenderloin. At least that is what my mother called it, and what I asked for when I went to the butcher. However when I moved to Fl. I quickly learned what pork tenderloin is and that I now buy porkette to cook with the cabbage and potatoes. lol

Hey zzzdee or anyone, I echo kland's request for a recipe, even a loose one. Just by a nice coincidence, I was in a local meat market in a small town nearby (Premier Meats in Viroqua WI), and there was something in the butcher case labelled 'porketta.' The butcher said it was a pork roast seasoned with garlic, Italian seasonings, and salt and pepper.

"Porkette," the label reads. "Pork shoulder butt. Boneless. Smoked." It is, the J. Freirich company says, "the Taste of New York." See this Roadfood thread. (This should do it. Got caught up in the 30-post rule.) http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/Porkette-m197806.aspx